What Does it Cost Society to Raise a Dollar of Tax Revenue? The Marginal Cost of Public Funds
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Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness; marginal cost of public funds (MCF);JEL classification:
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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